Gates, Gatepiers And Flanking Walls At Entrance To Villiers Limited is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. Gates, gatepiers, flanking walls. 2 related planning applications.
Gates, Gatepiers And Flanking Walls At Entrance To Villiers Limited
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-pinnacle-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gates, gatepiers, flanking walls
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WOLVERHAMPTON
SO99NW MARSTON ROAD 895-1/5/33 (South side) 01/09/89 Gates, Gatepiers and Flanking Walls at Entrance to Villiers Limited
II
Gates, gate piers and flanking walls extending approx 17.5m. 1765; by 'Capability' Brown; moved from original position in Tong, Shropshire, 1977. Squared and coursed sandstone. Latticed wrought iron gates with triangular heads and fleurs-de-lys; piers have shallow trefoil-headed niches and pinnacles with vine crockets and pineapple finials; pier to left inscribed: POSTERITATI/SACRUM/IMPENSIS/GEO.DURANT AR/1821 (Dedicated to his descendants at the expense of Geo. Durant, 1821); each pier encircled by loosely knotted carved rope, which is continued round embattled parapets of flanking curved walls; end piers similar to others but ball finials now missing at time of resurvey (1990); piers have relief symbols e.g. cross, cornucopia, hive, flower, shells; walls have nowy-headed niches with gadrooned bases, Tuscan columns and segmental-headed hoods. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Shropshire: London: P.304; Griffith G: History of Tong and Boscobel: 1894-: P.154-61).
Listing NGR: SO9107297368
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